Surely by now Americans are sick to death of the consequences of drug smuggling from Mexico. The biggest Mexican drug lord at the time of writing is Ismael Zambada García. Imagine if Obama said to Mexico, “You have 48 hours to capture him and hand him over. Screw the extradition hearing. We are not prepared to present no steekin’ evidence”. The Mexicans would be aghast, scarcely able to believe their ears. They might offer to let the America have a go at him, protesting “What you are demanding is almost impossible. García is no ordinary criminal, and he may well be hiding outside Mexico.” Then Obama would invade and America would occupy Mexico ever after and sell off all its resources, especially oil. I think you might find a 10,000 Americans who would protest Obama’s behaviour, even if just on the Tea Party everything-Obama-does-is-wrong principle. Yet Bush did something even more illegal. He demanded the same thing of Afghanistan, but was also unwilling to negotiate an extradition treaty first. Further, the USA refused Afghanistan’ offer hold an ad hoc extradition hearing to present evidence. Further, the Afghans could have correctly said, “The American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) trained and funded Noriega, Saddam and bin Laden. They are your problem to put down, not ours.” The only American who dares to question this illegality is Noam Chomsky
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)